Curvy cutting with a scroll saw

[tryppyr]

I'm working on a stabilized ebony handle now. Very dense material. Until recently, all my rough cutting was done with a combination of bandsaw, band sander and the Dremel. It created a HUGE amount of dust, and was anything but efficient with time. While at HF the other day I picked up a scroll saw, knowing I was going to save time and effort on handle manufacture.

Now I'm not sure why I waited so long. What a difference. I can track just about any line I want now. The saw has a variable speed drive, so I can slow it down for detail work, or speed it up through the straights.

It's not really meant to handle something as thick and dense as stabilized ebony, but it does the job nicely.

- Greg

 

[eyeeatingfish]

Maybe my tension was wrong but I had a tendency to break the 360 degree cutting blades. So skinny and you cant move fast on anything dense. I would trade the scroll saw for a band saw anyday.

You can do some pretty interesting things with it though. My dad made some nice jugsaw puzzles out of wood.